Best golf courses: Bath / Bristol

Bath / Bristol: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Thomas, Dave

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Dave Thomas

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
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Colt, Harry

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Original design by Charles Gibson (1890); later modifications by Herbert Fowler (1890) and substantial changes by Harry Colt (1913).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
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Morris, Old Tom

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Original design by Old Tom Morris; possibly modified by Dr Alister MacKenzie.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Stiff, Adrian

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Adrian Stiff

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Stiff, Adrian

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Adrian Stiff. Peter McEvoy designed the third nine (Badminton), which opened in 2002.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Alliss & Clark

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Peter Alliss & Clive Clark

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
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Wilson, Buff

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Old course: originally laid out in 1889 by Robert Black "Buff" Wilson of St Andrews, Minchinhampton's first professional. Since then the course routing has changed considerably.
Avening course: largely designed by Frederick W. "Fred" Hawtree (1975), with some replacement holes added by his son Martin Hawtree (1995).
Cherington course: largely designed by Martin Hawtree (1995), with some holes absorbed from his father's Avening layout.

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Bath / Bristol
Huggett, Brian

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Brian Huggett

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
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Brown, David

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David "Deacon" Brown (Scottish professional golfer, club professional, greenkeeper and course designer).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
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Stiff, Adrian

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Locally-based golf course architect Adrian Stiff designed the Codrington course (2002) and subsequently the Stranahan course (2010).

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
Visitors welcome
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Cotton, Ken

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Original design by Ken Cotton (1962); later modifications by Donald Steel.

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
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Dunn, Tom

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Tom Dunn, with later significant modifications by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1922).

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Who's Who

Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.

Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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